Velocity profile in the Knudsen layer according to the Boltzmann equation

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 464, Issue 2096, 2008, Pages 2015-2035

  Lilley, Charles R ^a   Sader, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Knudsen layer; Rarefied gas dynamics

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; GRADIENT METHODS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOLECULES; NANOFLUIDICS; SPHERES; STANDARDS; VISCOSITY;

BOLTZMANN; DILUTE GASES; DYNAMIC VISCOSITIES; EFFECTIVE VISCOSITY; HARD SPHERE MOLECULES; HARD SPHERES; HIGH ORDER; HYDRODYNAMIC FLOWS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODELLING; KNUDSEN LAYERS; NANO SCALING; NON NEWTONIAN; POWER-LAW DEPENDENCES; REFLECTING SURFACES; SOLID SURFACES; VELOCITY GRADIENTS; VELOCITY PROFILING;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION;

EID: 46249125568     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2008.0071     Document Type: Conference Paper

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